Meanings
plural vaccinations
- countableuncountableInoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
Near-synonym: immunization (broadly synonymous)
2 more examples
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891It's^([sic]) spokesperson Leonie Howie did not want to be interviewed but said they "will do the mahi" when it comes to trying to both encourage vaccinations as well as managing any health risks to the community when visitors arrive.
2021 February 12, “Unvaccinated private boat owners a risk to Aotea's community - iwi”, in Radio NZSynonyms: immunization[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
More synonyms by meaning
nountaking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvacca“cow”
- Englishvaccination
From vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1798. Jenner infected people with weakened cowpox viruses (vaccinia), to immunise them against smallpox. It is now known that vaccinia and cow pox are separate conditions, but at the time of Jenner, they were considered the same condition.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans inenting, vaksinering
- inentinginoculation with a vaccine
- vaksineringinoculation with a vaccine
Arabic تَطْعِيم, تَلْقِيح
- تَطْعِيم (taṭʕīm)inoculation with a vaccine
- تَلْقِيح (talqīḥ)inoculation with a vaccine
Basque txertaketa
- txertaketainoculation with a vaccine
Bulgarian ваксина́ция
- ваксина́ция (vaksinácija)inoculation with a vaccine
Catalan vacunació
- vacunacióinoculation with a vaccine
Chinese Mandarin 疫苗接種 /疫苗接种, 預防接種 /预防接种
- 疫苗接種 /疫苗接种 (yìmiáo jiēzhòng)inoculation with a vaccine
- 預防接種 /预防接种 (yùfáng jiēzhòng)inoculation with a vaccine
Czech očkování, vakcinace
- očkováníinoculation with a vaccine
- vakcinaceinoculation with a vaccine
Danish vaccination
- vaccinationinoculation with a vaccine
Dutch vaccinatie, inenting
- vaccinatieinoculation with a vaccine
- inentinginoculation with a vaccine
Esperanto vakcino
- vakcinoinoculation with a vaccine
Estonian vaktsineerimine
- vaktsineerimineinoculation with a vaccine
Finnish rokotus
- rokotusinoculation with a vaccine
French vaccination
- vaccinationinoculation with a vaccine
German Impfung, Schutzimpfung
- Impfunginoculation with a vaccine
- Schutzimpfunginoculation with a vaccine
- Impfeninoculation with a vaccine
- Schutzimpfeninoculation with a vaccine
- Vakzinationinoculation with a vaccine
- Vakzinierunginoculation with a vaccine
Greek εμβολιασμός
- εμβολιασμός (emvoliasmós)inoculation with a vaccine
Hebrew חיסון \ חִסּוּן
- חיסון \ חִסּוּן (khisún)inoculation with a vaccine
Hindi टीका, टीकाकरण
- टीका (ṭīkā)inoculation with a vaccine
- टीकाकरण (ṭīkākraṇ)inoculation with a vaccine
Hungarian oltás, védőoltás
- oltásinoculation with a vaccine
- védőoltásinoculation with a vaccine
Icelandic bólusetning
- bólusetninginoculation with a vaccine
Indonesian vaksinasi, imunisasi
- vaksinasiinoculation with a vaccine
- imunisasiinoculation with a vaccine
Irish vacsaíniú
- vacsaíniúinoculation with a vaccine
Italian vaccinazione
- vaccinazioneinoculation with a vaccine
Japanese 予防接種, ワクチン接種
- 予防接種 (yobō sesshu)inoculation with a vaccine
- ワクチン接種 (wakuchin sesshu)inoculation with a vaccine
- 接種 (sesshu)inoculation with a vaccine
Korean 예방접종, 접종
- 예방접종 (yebangjeopjong)inoculation with a vaccine
- 접종 (jeopjong)inoculation with a vaccine
Latvian vakcinācija
- vakcinācijainoculation with a vaccine
Lithuanian vakcinacija
- vakcinacijainoculation with a vaccine
Malay pemvaksinan, vaksinasi
- pemvaksinaninoculation with a vaccine
- vaksinasiinoculation with a vaccine
- tanam cacarinoculation with a vaccine
Māori mahi okaoka
- mahi okaokainoculation with a vaccine
Norwegian Bokmål vaksinasjon, vaksinering
- vaksinasjoninoculation with a vaccine
- vaksineringinoculation with a vaccine
Persian مایهکوبی, مایه کوبی
- مایهکوبی (mâye-kubi)inoculation with a vaccine
- مایه کوبی (mâye kubi)inoculation with a vaccine
- واکسیناسیون (vâksinâsiyon)inoculation with a vaccine
Polish szczepienie
- szczepienieinoculation with a vaccine
Portuguese vacinação
- vacinaçãoinoculation with a vaccine
Punjabi ਟੀਕਾ, ਟੀਕਾਕਰਨ
- ਟੀਕਾ (ṭīkā)inoculation with a vaccine
- ਟੀਕਾਕਰਨ (ṭīkākran)inoculation with a vaccine
Romanian vaccinare
- vaccinareinoculation with a vaccine
Russian вакцина́ция, приви́вка
- вакцина́ция (vakcinácija)inoculation with a vaccine
- приви́вка (privívka)inoculation with a vaccine
Slovak očkovanie, vakcinácia
- očkovanieinoculation with a vaccine
- vakcináciainoculation with a vaccine
Spanish vacunación
- vacunacióninoculation with a vaccine
Swahili chanjo
- chanjoinoculation with a vaccine
Swedish vaccination, vaccinering
- vaccinationinoculation with a vaccine
- vaccineringinoculation with a vaccine
Turkish aşılama
- aşılamainoculation with a vaccine
Ukrainian вакцина́ція, ще́плення
- вакцина́ція (vakcynácija)inoculation with a vaccine
- ще́плення (ščéplennja)inoculation with a vaccine
Urdu ٹِیکَہ, ٹِیکا
- ٹِیکَہ (ṭīkah)inoculation with a vaccine
- ٹِیکا (ṭīkā)inoculation with a vaccine
- ٹِیکا کاری (ṭīkā kārī)inoculation with a vaccine
- ٹیکہ کاری (ṭīka- kārī)inoculation with a vaccine
Vietnamese sự tiêm chủng
- sự tiêm chủnginoculation with a vaccine
Welsh brechiad
- brechiadinoculation with a vaccine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vaccination
Cite this entry
vaccination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccination
“vaccination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vaccination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccination.
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